Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
$500,000 to 
$250,000 to 
$100,000 to 
$50,000 to 
more 
$999,999 
$499,999 
$249,999 
$99,999 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Net cash farm income of operators - Con. 
Operators reporting net gains ^ - Con. 
Gain of- - Con. 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
5,979 
4 
15 
13 
104 
246 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,892 
2 
14 
46 
123 
299 
$10,000 to $24,999 
6,094 
12 
38 
132 
505 
1,416 
$25,000 to $49,999 
5,047 
27 
121 
251 
1,389 
2,149 
$50,000 or more 
13,367 
1,889 
2,126 
3,933 
4,361 
799 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
32,880 
286 
293 
449 
980 
1,410 
Average net loss 
dollars 
20,087 
411,483 
166,930 
98,469 
60,228 
38,919 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,595 
1 
1 
3 
19 
52 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
9,968 
3 
8 
18 
70 
179 
$5,000 to $9,999 
7,803 
5 
11 
30 
95 
190 
$10,000 to $24,999 
7,730 
12 
31 
71 
223 
390 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,637 
23 
42 
69 
208 
251 
$50,000 or more 
2,147 
242 
200 
258 
365 
348 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
477 
121 
107 
100 
73 
28 
$1,000 
36,970 
19,609 
10,871 
4,154 
1,977 
193 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
39,603 
1,637 
2,066 
3,798 
5,538 
4,365 
$1,000 
510,707 
133,906 
70,382 
70,295 
56,658 
36,118 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
5,188 
597 
676 
977 
1,008 
639 
$1,000 
82,518 
27,058 
17,251 
15,554 
10,247 
5,646 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
15,067 
198 
221 
291 
641 
941 
$1,000 
116,197 
9,055 
4,481 
5,656 
6,809 
9,037 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
2,502 
77 
69 
156 
212 
239 
$1,000 
18,174 
981 
992 
1,426 
1,898 
1,922 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
692 
24 
16 
23 
65 
71 
$1,000 
12,865 
1,696 
550 
379 
1,212 
1,631 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
22,941 
1,383 
1,720 
3,254 
4,640 
3,283 
$1,000 
49,272 
21,710 
8,138 
7,794 
6,391 
2,574 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
4,515 
523 
578 
818 
1,039 
713 
$1,000 
176,672 
59,948 
34,903 
33,831 
24,575 
12,632 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
1,071 
57 
91 
157 
218 
150 
$1,000 
4,527 
999 
795 
913 
780 
343 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
3,487 
217 
189 
403 
446 
354 
$1,000 
50,331 
12,402 
3,213 
4,723 
4,732 
2,334 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
60,936 
2,116 
2,520 
4,713 
7,308 
6,160 
acres 
9,910,991 
3,046,107 
1 ,577,424 
1,589,005 
1 ,440,882 
765,068 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
52,083 
2,092 
2,494 
4,680 
7,253 
6,101 
acres 
9,149,273 
2,999,534 
1,546,662 
1,539,927 
1,374,215 
711,275 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
24,180 
41 
57 
124 
439 
870 
50 to 99 acres 
8,013 
37 
60 
142 
842 
1,790 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
8,506 
71 
134 
893 
3,127 
2,794 
200 to 499 acres 
7,394 
215 
879 
2,758 
2,727 
631 
500 to 999 acres 
2,427 
613 
961 
727 
109 
16 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,087 
654 
389 
35 
9 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
476 
461 
14 
1 
- 
- 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
6,691 
159 
277 
586 
1,056 
767 
acres 
162,095 
13,944 
13,047 
18,624 
31,324 
18,897 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
2,731 
78 
80 
126 
261 
267 
acres 
65,303 
6,861 
3,216 
6,053 
7,032 
8,287 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
14,911 
345 
324 
508 
808 
815 
acres 
523,107 
25,612 
14,323 
24,124 
27,124 
25,513 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
1,193 
12 
18 
28 
111 
108 
acres 
11,213 
156 
176 
277 
1,187 
1,096 
Total woodland 
farms 
41,454 
1,203 
1,529 
2,838 
4,573 
3,745 
acres 
2,526,754 
180,606 
156,088 
226,301 
297,507 
218,599 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
1 1 ,586 
217 
410 
804 
1,544 
1,192 
acres 
472,079 
19,814 
32,941 
56,718 
79,517 
52,828 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
35,273 
1,124 
1,365 
2,489 
3,806 
3,090 
acres 
2,054,675 
160,792 
123,147 
169,583 
217,990 
165,771 
Permanent pasture and rangeland. 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
32,089 
709 
1,064 
2,470 
3,799 
2,756 
acres 
1 ,034,738 
71,135 
75,022 
128,179 
160,800 
109,537 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
90 Wisconsin 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
